1982 Football League Cup Final

1982 Football League Cup Final

Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur 3 1
after extra time
Event	1981–82 Football League Cup
Date	13 March 1982
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Peter Willis (County Durham)
Attendance	100,000
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The 1982 Football League Cup Final was a football match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on 13 March 1982 at Wembley Stadium. It was the final match of the 1981–82 Football League Cup, the 22nd staging of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in The Football League. Liverpool were the reigning champions and appearing in their third final. This was Tottenham's third final, they had won the previous two appearances in 1971 and 1973.

Both teams entered the competition in the second round. Liverpool's matches were generally comfortable victories, they beat Middlesbrough 4–1 in the third round, but two of their ties went to a replay. Tottenham's matches were close affairs, they only match they won by more than one goal was their 2–0 victory against Wrexham in the third round.

Watched by a crowd of 100,000, Tottenham opened the scoring in the 11th minute when striker Steve Archibald scored. Tottenham maintained their lead until the 87th minute, when midfielder Ronnie Whelan equalised for Liverpool. With the scored level after 90 minutes, the match went to extra time. Whelan scored again in the 111th minute to give Liverpool the lead and striker Ian Rush scored in the 119th minute to secure a 3–1 victory for Liverpool. It was their second League Cup victory and second in succession.

Route to the final

For more details on this topic, see 1981–82 Football League Cup.

Liverpool		Round	Tottenham Hotspur
Exeter City H 5–0	Rush 15', 67', McDermott 27' Dalglish 37', Whelan 68'	Second Round, First Leg	Manchester United H 1–0	Archibald
Exeter City A 6–0	Rush 15', 78', Dalglish 23', Neal 34', Sheedy 53', Mather og 80'	Second Round, Second Leg	Manchester United A 1–0	Hazard
Middlesbrough H 4–1	Sheedy 29', Rush 64', Johnson 74', 80'	Third Round	Wrexham H 2–0	Hughton, Hoddle
Arsenal A 0–0		Fourth Round	Fulham H 1–0	Hazard
Arsenal H 3–0 (aet)	Johnston 95', McDermott 101' (pen), Dalglish 108'	Replay
Barnsley H 0–0		Fifth Round	Nottingham Forest H 1–0	Ardiles
Barnsley H 3–1	Souness 37', Johnson 81', Dalglish 89'	Replay
Ipswich Town A 2–0	McDermott 47', Rush 49'	Semi-finals, First Leg	West Bromwich Albion A 0–0
Ipswich Town H 2–2	Rush 26', Dalglish 47'	Semi-finals, Second Leg	West Bromwich Albion H 1–0	Hazard

Match

Details

13 March 1982 15:00 GMT	Liverpool	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur	Wembley Stadium, London Referee: Peter Willis (County Durham)
	Whelan  87', 111' Rush  119'	Report	Archibald  11'

GK 1 Bruce Grobbelaar RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Alan Kennedy CB 4 Phil Thompson LM 5 Ronnie Whelan CB 6 Mark Lawrenson CF 7 Kenny Dalglish RM 8 Sammy Lee CF 9 Ian Rush CM 10 Terry McDermott CM 11 Graeme Souness (c) Substitute: 12 David Johnson Manager: Bob Paisley

GK 1 Ray Clemence LB 2 Chris Hughton CB 3 Paul Miller CB 4 Paul Price RM 5 Micky Hazard RB 6 Steve Perryman (c) CM 7 Osvaldo Ardiles CF 8 Steve Archibald LM 9 Tony Galvin CM 10 Glenn Hoddle CF 11 Garth Crooks Substitute: MF 12 Ricardo Villa Manager: Keith Burkinshaw

External links

• LFC History Match Report

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